EPYC 72F3 vs Xeon E3-1558L v5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1558L v5 and EPYC 72F3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	370
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	4.28
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E3	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	no data	9.02
Architecture codename	Skylake-H (2015−2016)	Milan (2021−2023)
Release date	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$396	$2,468

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1558L v5 and EPYC 72F3 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.9 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	19	37
L1 cache	256 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm+
Die size	171 mm2	8x 81 mm2
Number of transistors	2,300 million	33,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1558L v5 and EPYC 72F3 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	Intel BGA 1440	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	180 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1558L v5 and EPYC 72F3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1558L v5 and EPYC 72F3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1558L v5 and EPYC 72F3 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1558L v5 and EPYC 72F3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	204.795 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1558L v5 and EPYC 72F3.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	128

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	31 May 2016	12 January 2021
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	180 Watt

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